Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the Veteran's claims for a higher disability rating for lumbar disc disease due to inadequate medical examinations.
The deciding factor: The July 2015 and September 2021 VA examinations are found to be inadequate as they do not address the ameliorative effects of medication, provide specific values for ROM in passive motion, weight-bearing, and non-weight-bearing, or estimate additional functional impairment due to flare-ups.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar disc disease
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 9, 2025
- Citation
- 25012735
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